The family is called incomplete if in its structure there is no one of parents. The reasons of appearance of incomplete families can be various, maternal and fatherly incomplete families meet.
Instruction
1. The incomplete family can arise for several reasons. Allocate types of incomplete families: illegitimate, broken up, deserted, divorced. The vast majority of incomplete families are maternal.
2. The remained parent is forced to carry out both the duties, and duties of absent. He resolves both household, and material questions. In parallel with it it is necessary to organize competently education of the child who needs both parents.
3. The single parent should work properly over himself not to design a negative image of the absent parent at the child. It happens very difficult in case of family breakdown. It is necessary to do everything possible not to show the irritation at the child.
4. The child will be interested in the fate of the second parent, and at him is on this right. Be respectful to this desire. Try to express the second parent as much as possible tactfully and softly.
5. Other extreme of behavior is the excessive zakhvachennost the child turning into hyper guardianship. The single parent feels sorry for the child and seeks to fill missing care for two, but often crosses the prudence border. As a result the child grows up unadapted to independent life, but with the increased inquiries.
6. Sometimes the single parent in fear to spoil the child becomes strict and authoritative. It is an extreme too, such behavior for mother is especially undesirable. The child treats it as lack of love, the severity of the father and mother has the different purposes.
7. A little more favorable in comparison with disintegration the psychologists consider a situation of death of the parent. This situation provides emotional support from all relatives that is very important for the remained parent and the child. To the died parent the respect, unlike a family breakdown situation will be created.
8. Presence of several children also positively affects adaptation to life in incomplete family. The senior children can undertake some duties, help younger and to become their defenders. In incomplete family often the emotional proximity of children is among themselves very strong.
9. Single parents should remember that education of the child is their main task now. But you should not dismiss a possibility of repeated marriage, to consider yourself insolvent for family life. At least, communication with representatives of an opposite sex needs to be supported.